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Azayzel · 05-31-2007, 07:47 PM

I was one of the original adopters of Palm way back when they first came out, but jumped ship when they refused to go color (took them a while and when they finally did it was only 16 colors). I think they rested too long on their laurels and the PDA cruise ship left them at the dock. While they saw bit of a resurgence with the Treo's popularity, the UI has barely changed and the look is essentially the same. If you're against change and innovation, this is good, but I like to keep my upward momentum; so I think that while Palm may retain some of their loyal (and aging) followers, the death is imminent, especially with, as yvan pointed out, the rapidly shrinking, fill-featured, UMPC line <- this will be the death of PDA's as we know them, since they are essentially becoming portable PC's. The PC/Tech world isn't so much dog-eat-dog as it is a prime example of survival of the fittest and only those that adapt survive.

For you Linux nuts, Sharp's line of Zaurus' is still moving and is, in effect, the smallest PC you can buy (at a fairly cheap rate too!).

05-31-2007, 07:47 PM	#15
Azayzel Cache Ninja! Posts: 643 Karma: 1002300 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Tokyo, Japan Device: PRS-500, HTC Shift, iPod Touch, iPaq 4150, TC1100, Panasonic WordsGear	I was one of the original adopters of Palm way back when they first came out, but jumped ship when they refused to go color (took them a while and when they finally did it was only 16 colors). I think they rested too long on their laurels and the PDA cruise ship left them at the dock. While they saw bit of a resurgence with the Treo's popularity, the UI has barely changed and the look is essentially the same. If you're against change and innovation, this is good, but I like to keep my upward momentum; so I think that while Palm may retain some of their loyal (and aging) followers, the death is imminent, especially with, as yvan pointed out, the rapidly shrinking, fill-featured, UMPC line <- this will be the death of PDA's as we know them, since they are essentially becoming portable PC's. The PC/Tech world isn't so much dog-eat-dog as it is a prime example of survival of the fittest and only those that adapt survive. For you Linux nuts, Sharp's line of Zaurus' is still moving and is, in effect, the smallest PC you can buy (at a fairly cheap rate too!).